St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: October 6, 2021

Press release from St. Louis Science Center:

October 06, 2021

The variable star Algol will be at minima tonight at 10:23 pm CDT. You can find Algol in the northeast by 7:30 pm. If you start watching Algol around 9:30 pm, you should notice the star begin to fade. Algol is an eclipsing binary star of which you can learn more about at AAVSO.

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